So, the New York Times is basically reporting that Team Romney has concluded that the only way to get white working class folks to overlook their candidates’ policies, religion, and elitism is to make racist attacks against the president. So, for example, Romney is running ads falsely accusing the president of eliminating a work requirement for welfare. And he’s making references to the president’s birth certificate. And we’re supposed to see a lot more on this theme at the Republicans’ convention.
It’s one thing to lose an election. It’s another to take the low road and lose an election. I don’t think the swing voters this year are just sitting around waiting for Mitt Romney to be more of a racist before they can support him. Maybe they are waiting for him to offer a single policy that won’t make their lives more difficult.
